mmundy Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I've got Viz 7 at home, Max 8 at work, and wonder when I switch to Max 9, will I be able to move projects between home and work like I can now? Maybe not. Will AutoDesk ever allow Max users to back-save to previous versions? I think this is arrogant of them. Also, will there be a patch for Viz 7 with the new MR that Max 9 has? I paid for the Subscription service when I bought it last summer. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Backsaving is unlikely in the forseeable future. There are plenty of ways of moving your geometry between versions but nothing really more robust. The way they work these things, Max usually releases half a year ahead of Viz. So you'll need Viz 2008 to work with Max 9. According to the Imaginit web site (our Autodesk vendor) Viz 2008 has a tentative ship date of March 29. That seems to be the same week Autocad 2008, Autocad Architecture 2008 (AKA ADT) and Revit Architecture 2008 (AKA Revit Building) release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 "Max usually releases half a year ahead of Viz" Which is exaclty why we switched to Max JHV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hello, VIZ 2008 Announced and released yesterday I believe - MR 3.5 from Max 9 is part of the package. It definitely benefits from the speed enhancements, and the A&D specific materials. Bytor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloaked_spectre Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Backsaving is unlikely in the forseeable future. There are plenty of ways of moving your geometry between versions but nothing really more robust. The way they work these things, Max usually releases half a year ahead of Viz. So you'll need Viz 2008 to work with Max 9. According to the Imaginit web site (our Autodesk vendor) Viz 2008 has a tentative ship date of March 29. That seems to be the same week Autocad 2008, Autocad Architecture 2008 (AKA ADT) and Revit Architecture 2008 (AKA Revit Building) release. will i be able to open and render all of my Viz 2007 files with Viz 2008 without "having to do anything"? I'm getting it (2008) this week and I am now getting worried...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmundy Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 I can't hardly wait!!! I bought Viz '07 within the last 6 months, and paid for the "subscription" services... I wondered if these would ever really benefit me, till I got an email last week saying Viz '08 was being shipped to me. My freelance business has really been gaining momentum. Since last summer, I have had 5 jobs handed to me (without marketing for them) and I've got a few more in the upcoming months. Freelance clients have enabled me to buy Viz and prior to hearing the news about an easier MR upgrade, I had thought I'd have to buy V-Ray, which is what I use at the office. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 will i be able to open and render all of my Viz 2007 files with Viz 2008 without "having to do anything"? I'm getting it (2008) this week and I am now getting worried...... Based on my prior experience, and my experience transitioning from Max8 to Max9 (Viz07 is based on Max8 and Viz08 on Max9), yes. However, if you save the file in Viz08 you will not be able to open it in Viz07, and it will not have an option to save to Viz07 format - the only way to convert it down to an older format is to export it to some other format, like FBX, and import it in the older version, which causes you to lose information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 The only thing I have experienced with older files is that you should probably delete the old daylight / sunlight systems if you want to use the new Mray features. There are some great improvements here as well. With the speed and useability improvements in 3.5 - MRay vs Vray is probably more of a "different ways to skin a cat" arguement. It works very well with ies files if you are want to transition from Radiosity. There is a lot more information available with V3.5 now - which was a difficulty eith Mray before. Look at the specific discussion group here, as well as the Autodesk sites. And - there are some woderfull tutorials out there now - including the stuff on the AREA site. Bytor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloaked_spectre Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 The only thing I have experienced with older files is that you should probably delete the old daylight / sunlight systems if you want to use the new Mray features. There are some great improvements here as well. With the speed and useability improvements in 3.5 - MRay vs Vray is probably more of a "different ways to skin a cat" arguement. It works very well with ies files if you are want to transition from Radiosity. There is a lot more information available with V3.5 now - which was a difficulty eith Mray before. Look at the specific discussion group here, as well as the Autodesk sites. And - there are some woderfull tutorials out there now - including the stuff on the AREA site. Bytor I really like MR 3.4 so I'm sure I'll love 3.5....since i was used to the crappy old render engines/software, the render times of 3.4 don't seem prohibitive to me...what is the clock speed of 3.5 in relative comparison? cut in half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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